upstarting
- present participle of upstart.
Example Sentences
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At the sound, The knight, upstarting from his dreamy trance, High raised his vizor, and his bugle rang, Answering.
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George
Be those words our sign of parting!" cried Dunraven, swift upstarting; "Sweating's an accursed system, but if now our toil is o'er, We leave twaddle as sole token of the swelling words we've spoken.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 5, 1890 by Various
Mrs. Heth, curiously, had been brought down in full flight: perhaps by the force of that wild upstarting, perhaps by the grisly threat about the Cooneys.
From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor
Then they shook their medicine-pouches O'er the head of Hiawatha, 145Danced their medicine-dance around him; And upstarting wild and haggard, Like a man from dreams awakened, He was healed of all his madness.
From The Song of Hiawatha An Epic Poem by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Here! 'tis time you were departing, bird or not," I cried, upstarting; "Get you back unto the Carlton, they on parrot-cries set store.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 23, 1890 by Various
